PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP FOR PTCB

CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP FOR PTCB

TUITION: $500

Course Learning outcomes:
After completing this course participants will be able to understand and perform the following:
• Pharmacy profession, law, regulations, and standards.
• Basic concepts of pharmacology.
• Pharmaceutical measurement and calculations such as dosage calculations and IV Flow Rates.
o Diluting stock medications suing strengths in percentage, fractions, and ratios.
o Reducing and enlarging ordered. Preparations.
o Calculating weight-in-weight solutions.
o Calculating Intravenous flow rates in drops/munities.
o Flow rate =ml x gtts/ml
minutes for infusion
o Calculating intravenous infusion times: ml/hr
o Calculation of medication doses based on age or weight using Clark’s, Fried’s, or Young’s Rule.
o Child dose= age in years x adult dose
age in years + 12
o Calculations of mediations measured in units and milliequivalents.
o Interpreting mediations in percentage and ratio concentrations.
o Calculating parenteral medication- DA: DF: DO: DG.
o Rules of conversion among measurement systems using ratio and proportion.
o Solving unknown using proportion.
o Solving the unknown using fractions and cross-multiplication
o Rules for calculating equivalents within the metric system
o Rules for using the metric mnemonic for conversions
o Rules for using the apothecary system.
o Rules for using dimensional analysis to solve conversions

• Dosage forms, routes of administration, and dispensing medications.
• Interpreting the abbreviations used in medial language
o Routes of administration
o Frequency of administration
o Forms of administration
o Measurements of mediation
o Central abbreviations
• Medication safety and usage of drug references.
• Communication strategies associated with quality customer service.
• Maintenance of pharmacy equipment and facilities.
• Assist pharmacists in collecting, organizing, and evaluating information for direct client care.
• Demonstrate proper hand washing and sterile gloving techniques.
• Verify prescription for accuracy, entering patient data, and processing prescriptions.
• Processing refill prescriptions and obtaining refill authorizations.
• Basic anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and abbreviations.
• Knowledge of most common drugs, cash register, and inventory management.
• Third-party claims and claims rejection audit log.
• Compound non-sterile drugs such as capsules, ointments, suppositories, solutions, and suspensions.
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards for compounding USP Chapter 795.
• Garbing according to USP 797 requirement.
• Pharmacy conversions and calculations in IV preparation and administration.
• Filling and refilling an automated drug storage and dispensing system.
• Changing and refilling a crash cart.
• Filling and recording Narcotic floor stock medications.
• Infection control, compound sterile products such as parenteral products, Otic, and Ophthalmic medications.
• Quality assurance for the preparation of sterile products.
• Cleaning and the use of Horizontal Laminar Airflow Hood (LAH) and (HEPA).
• Reconstituting sterile drugs contained in a vial.
• Describe and utilize Standard Precautions established by the Centers for Disease Control.
• Workplace safety “OSHA”.
• Draft resume that clearly conveys an individual value to an employer.
• Well-developed interview skills.